Bottle-stopper



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BOTTLE STOPP'ER.

N0. 271,734- Patented Feb. 6,1883- Witnesses. Inventor- N. PETERS. Phulo-Lllhcgnphvn Waxhinglon. n, c,

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-1. NEWTON PEIRGE, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

'BOTTLEQSTOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,734, dated February 6, 1883.

Application filed December 20, 1881.

stoppers which consist of a pivoted lever secured to a neck-band and connected to the stopper by a rigid wire, which elements operate to release the stopper from theneckof the bottle or to firmly draw the same into the neck, according to the position of said pivoted lever, and this, when in a position to close the bottle, is temporarily locked or firmly held in said position.

My invention consists -incertain features hereinafter described, and specifically setforth' in the claims.

The drawing illustrates the neck portion of a bottle provided with a stopper constructed in accordance with my invention. Around the neck of the bottle B is secured the usual band, a, to which is attached the locking-lever A, by INVOtS 1", (one only of which is shown, the other being locateddirectly opposite that shown,) as commonly done. Below the pivots r the lever is widened, and perforated at c for the pivotal attachment thereto and thereat ot' the wire bail \V, which passes through the cork C, (or it may be through a metal plate t'd which the cork is secured, in a manner well known,) and is bent at each end in hook shape, whereby, after passing over the widened portion of the bail, it is connected thereto, its hooks pointing inward. Above the pivots r the lever A is narrowed and curved in the direction of its length, and bent to form a loop,f, and is then constructed and connected to the opposite side of the neck-baud in precisely the manner shown and described above with reference to the drawing. The curvature given to the lever brings the loop fover the cork, as shown, thus affording additional protection when the bottle is closed.

The operation is as follows: Theloop f of the lever Ais moved toh, and this carries the bail W past the pivot 1', thus unlocking the tents.

(ModeL) level with the pivot r the cork is so much.

loosened that liquidcan be poured from the bottle, and the gas therein is in a measure prevented from escaping bodily, and therefore portions of the contents may be drawn at different times without loss of gas from those portions which are subsequently drawn. When the lever is carried down against the neck of the bottle its lower end will, through the medium of the bail- WV, lift the cork clear from the neck, and it can then be swung in either direction for a complete emptying of the con- A reversal of the movements of the parts closes the bottle and locks the lever in a closed position and over the stopper, as shown.

It will be observed that the bail W lies outside of and against the widened portion of the lever A, and at its upper portion said bail lies inside of the lever, so that at a central portion of the bail on each side of the neck it crosses the edge of each arm of the lever, and the latter'is thereby prevented from passing completely over the cork in a direction oppo-, site from that off to h, so that said lever is retained in its locked position.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a locking-lever pivotally secured to the bottle, and a stopper-bail pivoted to the lever and to the stopper and arranged to cross the edges of the lever at each side of the bottle-neck, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of the band a, stopper 0, lever A, pivoted to .the band, curved in the direction of its length,

and extending over the outer end of the stopper, with the bail W pivotally connected at its outer surface, crossing the edges of the lever, and pivotally secured to the stopper, substantially as shown and described.

I. NEWTON PEIRGE.

Witnesses H. KENNEDY, W. K. SHRYocK. 

